Yang Wenjun takes men's 500m C1 gold

in the men's 500m single kneeling canoe, all eyes were on Beijing Olympic double kneeling canoe champion Yang Wenjun. and the Jiangxi canoer did live up to expectations Yang took a commanding lead at halfway mark.

his advantage was not really threatened as Yang crossed the finish line in a time of 1 minute 55.13 seconds to win his first gold medal at the National Games.

the replay showed Yang's dominance in this category in China.